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Author Munro, Martin, author.

Title Tropical apocalypse : Haiti and the Caribbean end times / Martin Munro.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2015]
2015

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (240 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series New world studies
New World studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory -- Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse -- The chimeres and the Haitian antihero -- Religion, nature, and the apocalypse -- Conclusion.
Summary "This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region" -- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Haitian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Apocalypse in literature.
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
Religion -- Haiti.
Psychic trauma -- Caribbean Area.
Literature and history -- Caribbean Area.
Haiti -- In literature.
Haiti -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Haiti and the Caribbean end times
ISBN 9780813938196 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813938202 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813938219 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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